Flexible handle for rattles



June 11, 1935. A. ZADEK ET AL FLEXIBLE HANDLE FOR RATTLES Filed Deg. l,1934 INVENTOR 5' BY v ' ZZfiw ATTORNEY.

Patented June 11, 1935 UNITED STATES.

PATENT oFFIcE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to toy rattles with flexible handles and has forits object to provide a rattle which may be activated by the slightestmovement of the handle.

We accomplish this by means of the construction and arrangement ofparts. defined in the claims and disclosed in detail in thespecification and drawing in Which- Fig. 1 shows the rattle partly insection, and

Fig. 2 the union by means of which the handle may be assembled.

Referring to the drawing, I and 2 are suitably shaped and decoratedheads of the rattle made of celluloid or the like and each containingstones 3, the impact of which on the celluloid walls provides therattling sound. In the present case the heads are circular incross-section and each has a projecting hollow pin 4 over which the endof a flexible, e. g., rubber tube 5, dis pulled. The tubes 5 and 6 areheld from; slipping ed the pins by means of thimbles l, 8 cemented tothe heads I, 2 and gripping the rubber tubes 5, 6 around the pins 4.

The handle is constituted by the tubes 5, 6 and by a tube 9 bent into asubstantially circular shaped grip. The handle and the grip are heldtogether by means of a union of celluloid or the like. The unionconsists of a substantially ball-shaped central part It! having three orfour radially projecting nipples ll, l2, l3, I l. The lower ends oftubes 5 and 6 are frictionally held on nipples H and I2 projectingupward from the upper half of ball l0, and' the two ends of tube 9 aresimilarly held by nipples l3 and I 4 projecting downward from the lowerhalf of the ball. The points of cone nection between the nipples H-M andthe ball I!) are bulging as indicated at Hi, the rubber tubes beingpulled down to IE.

It will be apparent that violent motion may be imparted to the rattleheads by grasping the grip portion 9 of the handle, since the two por- 5tions of the handle may be flexed with respect to the head and also withrespect to one another around a rigid fulcrum constituted by the union.The structure may be readily assembled, is light and the union [0 islarge enough so that it 10 cannot be swallowed by a child who may detachit from the handle tubing. The grip portion 9 of the handle is shortwhereby it will be suificiently rigid without the insertion ofstiffening means, The flexible tubing 5, 6 may be made 15 long enough toinsure flexibility of thelwhole structure.

What We claim is:

1. A rattle comprising a plurality of heads, a pin projecting from eachhead, a flexible tube 20 held on each pin, a hollow ball-shaped unionhaving nipples projecting from its upper'half forthe free ends of thetubes, another flexible tube, and two nipples projecting from the lowerhalf of the union for the ends of the last mentioned flexible tubing.

2. A rattle comprising a head provided with a nipple and a handle, thelatter comprising an intermediate union provided with oppositelyprojecting nipples, a link of flexible tubing attach- 30 ably connectedat its ends to the nipple of the head and to a nipple of the union,,anda loopshaped grip offlexible tubing attachably connected at, its ends-tothe remaining'nipples of. the union.

ARTHUR ZADEK. IRWIN E. COHN.

